January 2022 Purchase Router Records

First of all, I don't have any sponsors or manufacturers at all (I also hope to have WWW) , except for all router brands, other brands will be treated slightly; and in the end, I also actually bought them with real money .

In other words, since I finished writing the last comment, just as I was eagerly thinking about the next article, I suddenly told me about the end of the world. It needs to be understood that for modern urbanites, the end of the world is the time to cut off Wi-Fi. While I'm not an overly addicted internet user, the lack of Wi-Fi would definitely be a lot of inconvenience. So you may have a conversation, and it is convenient to rely on the mobile network at home, so you can definitely share it with your own phone. You are right, but I have an iPad, a PC, a MacBook, plus a phone and a large number of different devices, such as TV and Apple TV, etc. Burying two NAS at the same time, it is absolutely impossible to share it with your own phone, so the only way is to go and buy a new router.

First of all, let’s talk about the old router that scares me. The one I use is the Linksys WRT1900ACS. I remember buying it in early 2017. It seems that I have not been out for a few months. I remember that it was a $500 supermarket gift certificate. It seems to be about ~$1000. When I bought it, I actually regretted it a little, because this one was considered a relatively high-end router in this era, but it seems that a new version was released because of the lack of patience, but since Buy it and keep using it. There were no problems in the first three years, but it began to appear unstable around August 2020. Anyway, I didn't think about going back to the original factory for repair, so I used third-party software (good boy should first consider whether to brush or not). Third-party software, because there is a chance to involve maintenance problems, or cause the official to refuse maintenance, the same burial system requires a certain knowledge base to proceed smoothly). At the beginning, I chose to use DD-WRT, but after a few days, the heat problem became more serious, so I switched to OpenWrt. After reducing the Wi-Fi power output, I could barely continue to use it. . But as soon as I stepped into 2022, when I was preparing for the last article, I began to find that Wi-Fi was often disconnected, and 5Hz Wi-Fi disappeared more often for no reason. I should have planned to buy a new router after the New Year, but I didn't realize that the situation was deteriorating rapidly. Although it didn't reach the point where it could not be used, it was because the frequent disconnection seriously affected daily use, even if using a wired connection, so I had no choice but to open Google and check for a suitable replacement. Taste.

First of all, I choose the brand first, if it is not the same, it will definitely not narrow the scope. What link is the same as what link is a brand that will not be considered at all. First, it is a brand problem, and second, it mainly uses Intel CPU. If it’s in the computer, I definitely recommend using Intel CPU; but if it’s a Router, unless it’s commercial-grade use or used in a computer room, I don’t really want to consider Intel, because for better heat dissipation, the CPU is often used. It will actively reduce the frequency, and the range that can be adjusted is not large (Wi-Fi frequency), and after maintenance in the future, if I want to flash third-party software again, Intel has few choices, and it can be flashed. There are not many models, so I will not consider it at all. As for second-hand, if it is a computer CPU, I definitely agree with you to buy a second-hand CPU, because there is not much chance that it will break. Although it is not true, it is really good to hear a bad CPU in normal use; but if it is a Router, Because the router has been in a high-heat state for a long time, if the previous user does not provide enough heat dissipation or often does not restart the machine, it will definitely affect the performance. In addition, technology is changing with each passing day. It is better to buy a new one. Anyway, Zhong Yi The equipment in the home will be gradually upgraded, so it is better to buy new ones in the long run. As for buying licensed products and ordering parallel imports, as I said at the beginning, routers, like refrigerators, are the same electrical appliances that will be turned on for a long time, and will generate a lot of heat. Although buying parallel imports can be close to half of the price, it is for safety. It will also provide after-sales maintenance in the future, so I would rather pay the expensive to buy licensed products and buy peace of mind. If there is something that really needs to be replaced, I can directly take it to the designated place in Hong Kong for repair or replacement, rather than sending it back. The origin must be faster and more convenient.

After screening like this, I suddenly found that I had to return to several brands to choose from in my List. Like everyone else, I live in a 2-300-foot tofu-slim house near the edge, so Mesh can be used in this way. After thousands of choices, I ended up choosing ASUS, Netgear and Linksys by myself. Originally, I thought about continuing to use Linksys, but I found that the interface has remained the same for ten years. It’s not that it’s not easy to use. It’s just that after I used it, I felt that it was a little bit inhumane. Simply put, it’s not User-friendly. , so it can be considered again. (The reason for this is also to explain the reason why I will try to study the third-party software, because many other brands have their own functions and they are completely absent)

Continue to choose after the brand, and the second important priority for home selection is Wi-Fi 5, 6 and 6E. As I said above, technology is changing with each passing day, and there are new reasons to buy Xinye, but unfortunately, Wi-Fi 6E Hong Kong seems to be officially not approved for use, so it is necessary to return to Wi-Fi 5 and W-Fi 6 pick. Wi-Fi 5 is the familiar 802.11ac, and Wi-Fi 6 is the latest 802.11ax. In fact, it is embarrassing. If I use the same price, it will be within about $1500. If I buy a Wi-Fi 5 device, I can definitely buy a device close to the flagship level. After all, it was launched in 2013; but if I buy a Wi-Fi 5 device Fi 6, you can only buy high-end devices at most, but since I am using the iPhone 13 tightly, it is better not to abuse myself. They are all Wi-Fi 6 devices, which can be used for a few more years. Calculate.

Maybe for many people, the speed of Wi-Fi is very important, so I definitely hope to buy a more advanced and more beautiful Router to improve the speed, but for me, stability is the most important thing. But I am ashamed to say that although I use the latest iPhone 13 Pro, my own monthly phone bill is using the most flat LTE network. On the contrary, my homeowner uses 5G network for phones that cannot receive 5G, so I focus more on stability, because even if you are faster than a speed, I am better, but if it is unstable and disconnected all the time, it will have an impact on me. Of course, in this world, there are so many big clams jumping on the street, and there are really not many choices to be flat and beautiful. Besides, for me, the router is always considered a consumable. I'm not willing to buy it too expensive, it will be replaced after a few years, so for me, as long as it's not too expensive, the performance is acceptable. After a round of screening, in fact, I have to choose ASUS AX58U/AX3000 and NETGEAR RAX50 in my mind. First of all, I want to say that the ASUS AX58U is exactly the same as the AX3000 in terms of specifications, weight, format, etc. At first, I was really patient to tell them apart, but in the end I found out that they are only sold in the United States and sold globally. It's different, but what's even more amazing is that both versions are completely available in Hong Kong. Not only are the prices the same, but the discounts are the same, so I can explain to consumers that they are exactly the same products. To list multiple models exclusively makes people feel as if there is one more choice. But it's all good, I always have to make a choice, so there's no need to worry about the details.

In fact, if you choose based on the price, it is really difficult to tell the difference, because considering the prices of the major sales places, the difference between the two models is actually not more than $100. In some places, the difference is only a few dozen mosquitoes. It really made my choice difficult. Since the prices are almost the same, it is better to compare them differently. In fact, the most different place I can find is that the two output frequencies are different. The maximum output speed of NETGEAR Wi-Fi can theoretically reach 4800 Mb/s, but the theoretical maximum speed of ASUS is only 2402 Mb/s, which is obviously a difference of more than 2300 Mb/s. Although in terms of numbers, NETGEAR is definitely the winner, but it also means that I will receive very strong Wi-Fi for a long time when I live in a house for a long time, although I will adjust to the weakest output mode afterward. , reduce radiation reception (?), and my house company has zero equipment for smart furniture, and I don’t plan to buy it in the future, so I feel like it’s a waste to use it up; plus I own NETGEAR M1 (travel use) Router), although I can't say that NETGEAR's interface is not easy to use, it has many functions compared to the Linksys I use, but there are many functions I want that I can't find immediately, plus a lot of people It is said that ASUS has a good interface, so in fact, I have already planned to buy ASUS.

But I also have to say that if it is really out of stock or the price is too far apart, there is absolutely no problem if I want to consider returning to another brand, but unfortunately the result...

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Well, I finally finished the comparison and can finally go out and buy it. But the next question is to go to the edge to buy. Although it is only about a 15-minute drive from my house to Gordon and Gold, I still don’t have much cash on hand, and I don’t want to pay more than cash, so I went to a large electrical shop near the house. First of all, if the price difference is too far, go out to buy, anyway, it is only a short-distance car. The large electrical appliance store near my house is a haunted house, so I went in to see it. It should be pointed out that it is not that there is no choice, it is just that there are too many links and links and they are expensive to fly, more than $3000 and routers. Just when I was disheartened, I saw the price tag of AX3000 at the end of my eyes, and the price was just right for me to think about Zhongping, I really thought I was good looking, but it was the truth, so there was Zhongping in front of me." The three words "TUF" represent the product of e-sports. I want to talk about it first. I personally don’t have a favorable attitude towards e-sports, but I haven’t reached the point of disgust. The only e-sports I’m interested in watching is F1 E-sport, but the premise is of course. If I have time, I will go to watch it first, if I don't have time, I will not go to watch it; but I will pay attention to F1, and I have no interest in LOL and FIFA. Okay, back to the topic, the price of $999 is definitely attractive, but because of the sudden emergence of a Cheng Yaojin, I have to go to a place to find out what is different.

One is not watching, and one is really scared to death. This model was first launched in the mainland, and then the international version was launched first. In fact, I was really thinking about it for a moment. First, I didn’t want to buy the mainland version, because many functions were not used and there would be a lot of unknown accelerators; second, the reason is that you understand; I saw on the Internet that if I really bought the mainland version, the Hong Kong department would not recognize the issue of maintenance. If there is really something wrong, maintenance is really a big problem. But since the price makes me really depressed, it is better to take action, at most I will buy more than one. However, in a short period of time, I can successfully find different articles and tell the difference between the international version and the mainland version. It means that if the international version has a company address in Taipei, and the packaging of the same box is mainly in English, It is completely different from the mainland version using simplified Chinese. The outer box has already been distributed, and I also believe that the Haunted House should not put the mainland version of the router into the outer box of the international version. After all, it opens the door. In business, if there is a real department of winter melon and tofu, I can tell him to throw my pants, so I decided to go back and buy it. After talking about it, after more than an hour of comparison, I found that the specifications, output power, etc. are all the same. The only difference is that the TUF version is higher and heavier than the original version, and the logo of the router shell is changed to a new one. Except for the winged logo, they are basically the same.

Before buying, I also asked the clerk what version it was, and they all answered that it was the international version, because I could see the outer box, so after I bought it, I quickly returned to the house to install it. After returning to the house, I opened it with a worried mood. As soon as the lottery opened, I saw the English instruction manual and the official maintenance certificate, and immediately relaxed. As for the installation, there is actually no problem (hardware), just plug in the cable and fix it, and then start to work on the software. Although many new routers at home can be installed with mobile phones or apps, I remember that when I was working in the past, there was a senior who said that it is best to install it on a computer, and it is best to plug in the LAN cable. There was a problem, so I obediently went to open the computer and bury the rest.

After finishing the IP, as soon as I entered the setting page, the real system made my eyes shine. Although the initial setup of the Router in the past five or six years has become easier and simpler, even a computer idiot can understand it, but for me, it is because I have to do a lot of different things, such as fixing DNS, setting DHCP, etc. , so I have to go to the advanced mode to do it. After finally getting all the devices that can be seamlessly connected to the home enterprise, I also successfully entered the router's main screen. As soon as I entered, my eyes lit up. Although I had read a lot of people's comments or introduced an interface on the Internet before, but when I experienced it myself, I realized that I did not buy it wrong. Compared with other brands, the information provided by its interface is easy to see or find what I want to read, and there are some functions that need to be brushed by third-party software, although it may only be good. Simple version, but it's better than nothing, and during the maintenance period, I shouldn't go to brush third-party software to affect maintenance problems.

～After a week of use～～

After a week of experience, everything works normally, and of course it is far from the old router, and the heat generation is also lower than expected. And after the first day, I also lowered the Wi-Fi output frequency to the lowest level, but my house is really fine, the school is the highest and the school is the lowest, in fact, I really can't feel it. There is a difference, because both are so fast. As for the disconnection problem I faced all day long, it is a pity that I have encountered it, even if it is not plugged in the LAN cable or using Wi-Fi, but it has only happened twice. , and they all appear in the middle of the night, from about 0:00 to 1.30, and the disconnection is only about 10 seconds, so the impact on me is not really that big, it is completely acceptable range. However, I don't know that the solution will be disconnected in the middle of the night when few people use it, but I look back at the log. The system has got a function like automatic restart, so I have some thoughts about it, but since it doesn’t affect my daily use, I don’t think about it.

However, after using it for a few days, it is actually not flawless. First of all, the black body is really good for vacuuming, and there is a little dust on it. The second is that the router's antenna is not detachable. In fact, I opened the array last Monday. I thought she was kind enough to help me bury it, but I found out later that it can't be removed. Although it can reduce installation mistakes, But if you really want to replace the antenna with a larger output (although I definitely won't do it), or if the antenna is bad and needs to be replaced (although the chance is very rare, it definitely does not mean no), it will become very difficult or necessary. Take it to the original factory for repair or buy a new one, so in fact, although it is convenient, you can use it when you bite back and straighten the antenna, but on the other hand, it will become very troublesome to repair or modify in the future.

As for your question, will I go and brush third-party software? Since I bought an ASUS, of course, the playability is also included, but of course I won't do it before the warranty period, because I don't want to buy a new one, but it will only be after the warranty period. If I know how to do it, I really want to see the situation when I am scared. I hope that it will work reluctantly if it changes to the previous machine and needs to flash third-party software.

Finally, in terms of speed, as I said above, rather than fast, I hope it is more stable. After a few days of use, there is absolutely no problem in terms of speed, although I have adjusted the Wi-Fi output to the weakest, It has more or less influence, but it can maintain about 300-500Mb/s for a long time, which is definitely an acceptable range. But then again, this price has such a quality, in fact, it has been considered. Although I don't know if it is expensive to buy, but at least it is convenient for me in all aspects, so I also hope that it can be used for about three or four years.

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